RE: [newbie] Mandrake support for Cisco wireless Network Cards
Greg Meyer said: On Thursday 04 March 2004 02:05 pm, Mark Kirschner wrote: Hi all. I've an opportunity to pick up a laptop with a wireless network adapter (Cisco Aironet 350 PCMCIA card). I have been unsuccessful with getting this same card to work under Mandrake 9.1, and the only help I've come across said to downgrade the card firmware. Does anyone know if 9.2 supports this card, or if 10.0 will when released? I'll admit, I've not yet delved into the prospect of researching hardware requirements (between health issues, classwork and a job search, I've had little time lately for research on the issue). 10.0 supports this card as the airo_mpi driver maintained by Fabrice Bellet has been merged into the 2.6.3 kernel. 9.2 does not support it out of the box, but airo_mpi installs easily and works great. It is required that the card firmware remain at an older version. I have not found this to be a problem at all, since I rarely use Windows. I just make sure I am using the Windows driver that matches the firmware. I think it is 5.00.03 of something close. More info here http://bellet.info/~bellet/laptop/ -- /g Thanks, Greg. I'll keep this information handy for when I get the computer. Windows compatibility is, unfortunately, a concern as this will be the sole computer in the house, and my wife is still firmly attached to Windows XP (attempts to win her to the Linux side failed miserably due to poor planning on my part). To make sure I'm reading you correctly, Greg; 10.0 will support the card natively with no firmware change? But to use airo_mpi and 9.2, I need to step the firmware back? Fortunately, the laptop's got an on-board NIC, so I can connect to our cable modem with a long Cat5, just have to sacrifice mobility for a bit. Thanks again for your response. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake support for Cisco wireless Network Cards
On Monday 08 March 2004 02:33 pm, Mark Kirschner wrote: To make sure I'm reading you correctly, Greg; 10.0 will support the card natively with no firmware change? But to use airo_mpi and 9.2, I need to step the firmware back? No. The firmware needs to be stepped back in both cases because the airo in 2.6 actually is just airo_mpi merged back in. There is a Windows driver available for the 5.00.03 firware available so that the card will work in both Linux and Windows, unless there is some feature that you absolutely must have in the later driver. BTW, I've gone back to using airo_mpi in the 2.6.4-4mdk with 10.0 because it is more stable. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake support for Cisco wireless Network Cards
On Thursday 04 March 2004 02:05 pm, Mark Kirschner wrote: Hi all. I've an opportunity to pick up a laptop with a wireless network adapter (Cisco Aironet 350 PCMCIA card). I have been unsuccessful with getting this same card to work under Mandrake 9.1, and the only help I've come across said to downgrade the card firmware. Does anyone know if 9.2 supports this card, or if 10.0 will when released? I'll admit, I've not yet delved into the prospect of researching hardware requirements (between health issues, classwork and a job search, I've had little time lately for research on the issue). 10.0 supports this card as the airo_mpi driver maintained by Fabrice Bellet has been merged into the 2.6.3 kernel. 9.2 does not support it out of the box, but airo_mpi installs easily and works great. It is required that the card firmware remain at an older version. I have not found this to be a problem at all, since I rarely use Windows. I just make sure I am using the Windows driver that matches the firmware. I think it is 5.00.03 of something close. More info here http://bellet.info/~bellet/laptop/ -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
